Cuningham

Architect

• Lead building performance simulations, including energy, daylighting, thermal comfort, embodied carbon, and water use, across all project phases.
• Utilize advanced tools such as DesignBuilder, Tally, One Click LCA, WUFI, Cove Tool, Forma, and Revit to perform modeling and analysis.
• Conduct life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) and benchmarking to inform early design decisions.
• Ensure compliance with codes and readiness for certifications such as LEED, WELL, and Living Building Challenge.
• Research emerging technologies, materials, and regenerative strategies to enhance building performance.
• Develop white papers, case studies, and internal best-practice guides to share knowledge firm-wide.
• Present performance findings at conferences, webinars, client workshops, and internal forums.
• Partner with architects, engineers and consultants to define measurable performance goals at project outset.
• Facilitate design charrettes and integrate performance strategies into project workflows.
• Provide continuous oversight of performance integration throughout all project phases.
• Develop, document, and refine sustainable design standards, tools, and workflows for firm-wide application.
• Mentor design team members in performance modeling, analysis interpretation, and application of strategies.
• Support business development efforts with performance-driven storytelling and proposal input.
• Communicate technical outputs effectively to designers and clients, providing high-level insights early and actionable recommendations later.
• Create compelling visualizations of performance data for diverse audiences.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert representing the firm in the marketplace.
• Stay current on evolving codes, policies, and incentives related to building performance.
• Contribute to the firm's reputation for innovation and leadership in regenerative design.

Building Performance Manager – Architectural

Content Writer

• Prepare specifications using SpecLink Cloud across multiple project types, including multifamily housing, hospitality, education, and other commercial and institutional types.
• Edit Divisions 00 & 01 documents to address varied owner requirements and multiple delivery methods.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external consultants through meetings and design reviews to align specification efforts.
• Serve as a resource on products, materials, systems, and building technologies.
• Coordinate with Architecture, Interior Design, and project teams to ensure consistency and technical accuracy.
• Integrate specifications with construction document sets for full coordination.
• Uphold Cuningham’s standards and regenerative design objectives in all documentation.
• Translate design decisions into technical and performance specifications for the project team.
• Maintain awareness of project, client, and region-specific standards, codes, and regulations.
• Review drawings during each phase to ensure alignment with specifications.
• Support addenda and documentation during construction administration.
• Support product substitution reviews and outsourced specifications quality checks.
• Assist with compliance and quality management processes.
• Meet with product representatives and share insights with the broader design team.
• Perform work with minimum degree of oversight.

Specifications Writer

Bring your architectural expertise to the forefront of design excellence at Cuningham.
Prepare and manage project specifications in SpecLink Cloud across multiple project types including multifamily housing, hospitality, education, and other commercial and institutional types.
Edit Divisions 00 & 01 for varied owner requirements and delivery methods.
Collaborate with internal teams and external consultants through meetings and design reviews to align specification efforts.
Serve as a technical resource for products, materials, building systems, and performance standards.
Review drawings at each phase to maintain consistency; prepare addenda; evaluate substitutions; oversee outsourced spec quality.
Support quality management processes validating compliance with codes, regulations, and firm standards.
Stay current on client, project, and regional requirements; engage with product representatives to refine material selections.
Mentor and train staff in specification writing, best practices, and related software.
Lead development of CSI MasterFormat specifications that integrate with drawings and champion sustainability.

Building Performance Manager – Architectural

Specifications Writer

Senior Specifications Writer